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The Baverstock Hotel |
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Rooms From: £ 55
Heads of the Valleys Road, Merthyr Tydfil, CF44 0LX
The Baverstock Hotel is the Perfect setting for weddings, set on its own, surrounded by beautiful scenery The Hotel is ideal for both business traveller and tourist and also offering a warm welcome to families
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Tregenna Hotel |
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Rooms From: £ 49
Park Terrace, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8RF
A family run hotel offering the very best in accommodation, food and service. Tregenna has a highly regarded restaurant locally,regularly booked out on Saturday & Sunday lunch.
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Castle Hotel |
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Rooms From: £ 69
Castle St, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8BG
On behalf of the management and staff, may we welcome you to the Castle Hotel, Merthyr Tydfil in Mid Glamorgan, South Wales.
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Penrhadw Farm |
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Rooms From: £ 48
Pontsticill, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 2TU
Deep in the heart of the Brecon Beacons National Park lies Penrhadw Farm - luxury bed and breakfast accommodation. Penrhadw Farm has been especially designed to cater for guests wishing to explore the surrounding countryside.
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Downtown MERTHYR TYDFIL (or Tudful), ten miles north of Pontypridd, is a robust place whose main glory is its location at the top of the Taff Valley, on the cusp of the industrial coal country to the south and the grand, windy heights of the Brecon Beacons to the north. In the eighteenth century it became the largest iron-producing town in the world, as well as by far the most populous town in Wales, with four massive ironworks exploiting the local abundance of the key ingredients: iron ore, coal and limestone. A century earlier, what was then a village became a rallying point for Dissenter and Radical movements, which gained adherents as the profits from growing industrialization lined the pockets of the works owners, with little cash finding its way to the workers. Merthyr's radicalism bubbled furiously, breaking out into occasional riots and prompting the election of Britain's first socialist MP, Keir Hardie, in 1900.
Half a mile northwest of the town centre, just off Nant-y-Gwenith Street, the lower end of Neath Road, is Chapel Row , a line of skilled ironworkers' cottages built in the 1820s, one of which holds composer Joseph Parry's Birthplace (April-Sept Thurs-Sun 2-5pm; Oct-March enquire in advance at the castle; free). Parry wrote the national favourite, Myfanwy , which is now piped into the rooms, some of which are given over to a display on his life and music.
Back across the other side of the river, just beyond the Brecon Road, is a home in absolute contrast to Parry's humble and cramped birthplace. Cyfartha Castle (April-Sept daily 10am-5.30pm; Oct-March Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat & Sun noon-4pm; free) was built in 1825 as an ostentatious mock-Gothic castle for William Crawshay II, boss of the town's original ironworks. The castle is set within vast, attractive parkland which slopes down to the river and once afforded Crawshay a view over his iron empire. The old wine cellars contain a varied and enjoyable walk through the history of Merthyr, with the political turmoil and massive exploitation of the past couple of centuries picked over in gory detail. Upstairs, the castle's grand main rooms house an art gallery with an impressive collection of Welsh pieces, including works by Augustus John, Cedric Morris, Vanessa Bell, Jack Yeats and Kyffin Williams.
The train station is a minute's walk from the High Street. North up the High Street from here is Glebeland Street, on which stands the bus station and, at no. 14a, the tourist office (April-Sept Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm, Oct-March Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; tel 01685/379884). Municipal bike rental (April-Oct; tel 01685/376940) is available at the Cyfartha Castle Visitor Centre. Accommodation is varied.
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